Severe Weather

NWS confirms EF1 tornado touched down in Edgewater

The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Edgewater on Monday afternoon.

The tornado, which the NWS said was almost an EF2, affected several dozen homes in the south Volusia County area.

"We focused on the heavily damaged areas and [it was] clearly a strong EF1 tornado with winds of 90, upwards of 110 miles per hour," Bart Hagemeyer of the NWS said.

In Terra Mar Village in Edgewater, about 60 mobile homes were damaged. Twelve were left uninhabitable, and 30 suffered minor damage. Two people suffered minor injuries, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

A tree fell through the roof of Mike Staley's home.

"I was watching the news, me and the dog on the couch here, and it got real still. Then I heard a whistling noise -- a loud whistling news. I grabbed him and we just laid on the floor and bam the roof come in and blew the windows out in the back and the tree came through the roof," Staley said.

Authorities, are doing what they can to help people rebound from the twister. The Red Cross is on site, providing places to stay and meals for those who need it.